Melanie Laurent quotes

Mélanie Laurent is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer, celebrated for her versatile performances in French and international cinema. Her breakthrough role in "Inglourious Basterds" brought her global recognition and critical acclaim. She continues to inspire audiences with her talent both in front of and behind the camera. Here are 27 of her quotes:

I'm in love with love, so I'm always taking risks! I think it's part of love, taking risks. (Melanie Laurent)
When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me. View quote
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I'm not scared of growing old, I'm just scared of not achieving everything that I want to do. View quote
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Holiday? Is like, what? I'm a hyperactive girl, so it may be boring for me to be on the beach doing nothing. I just need to find a place for three weeks and work but sleep in the morning, maybe write a little bit, have a glass of red wine. That's my perfect holiday. View quote
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When you're an artist, there's always a moment in your life when you think you're not inspired and instead of doing things and instead of travel and instead of falling in love, you're just depressed, so you don't move, so you don't change. So you're not inspired. View quote
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A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day. View quote
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There are a lot of French actresses who just hate me now. I've made enemies. View quote
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I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character. View quote
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I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14. View quote
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When you make successful movies, everyone on set takes care of you, everybody is so nice and you disconnect from reality. View quote
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I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people. (Melanie Laurent)
Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary. View quote
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It seems like the more you grow up the more you fear things. View quote
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The perfect life would be to have an amazing part every year and to spend all my free time to just write. View quote
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Everybody just asks me 'Are you going to make Hollywood movies now?' First, I don't know. Second, I never dreamed about that; I just dreamed about making movies with Tarantino. So if I can make movies with a lot of amazing directors - yes. View quote
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Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from now on, so that's what's important to me. I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones. View quote
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France is an old country that needs to wake up. View quote
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I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand. View quote
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It's so French to be a cat person. View quote
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I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great. View quote
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I didn't really want to act. Gerard Depardieu discovered me when I was 14 and asked if I wanted to make movies and I said, 'Why not? (Melanie Laurent)
I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy. View quote
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I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die. View quote
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I'm really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears. View quote
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Every time a director calls me and says, 'If you practice a lot in two months, can you be an American?' And I always tell them, 'Well, maybe but I'm French. So it's going to be hard to be someone else.' View quote
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Melanie Laurent

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Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: French Actress
Born: February 21, 1983
Quotes count: 27